A Night At The Opera

Cat. No: EMTC 103/CDP7 46207 2 (UK) HR 61065 (USA). Release Date: 21 Nov 1975 (UK) 2 Dec 1976 (USA). Produced By: Roy Thomas Baker and Queen. Engineered By: Mike Stone (additional eng. Gary Lyona). Recorded At: Sarm, Roundhouse, Olympic, Rockfield, Scorpio, Landsowne. When: August - November 1975. Cover Concept: Freddie Mercury. Highest Chart Pos: 1 (UK) 4 (USA). Weeks On Chart: 50 (UK) 56 (USA). Award Status: Platinum (UK) Gold (USA).
 
   
   
 

Death On Two Legs (Dedicated to.....

(Freddie Mercury)

You suck my blood like a leech

You break the law and you preach

Screw my brain till it hurts

You've taken all my money

And you want more

Misguided old mule with your pig headed rules

With your narrow minded cronies

Who are fools of the first division

Death on two legs

You're tearing me apart

Death on two legs

You've never had a heart of your own

Kill joy bad guy big talking small fry

You're just an old barrow boy

Have you found a new toy to replace me?

Can you face me?

But now you can kiss my ass goodbye

Feel good are you satisfied?

Do you feel like suicide?

(I think you should)

Is your conscience all right

Does it plague you at night?

Do you feel good feel good?

You talk like a big business tycoon

You're just a hot air balloon

So no one gives you a damn

You're just an overgrown schoolboy

Let me tan your hide

A dog with disease

You're the king of the 'sleaze'

Put your money where your mouth is

Mister know-all

Was the fin on your back

Part of the deal? (Shark)

Death on two legs

You're tearing me apart

Death on two legs

You've never had a heart (you never did) of your own

(Right from the start)

Insane you should be put inside

You're a sewer rat decaying in a cesspool of pride

Should be made unemployed

Then make yourself null and void

Make me feel good I feel good

 
 

Lazing On A Sunday Afternoon

(Freddie Mercury)

I go out to work on Monday morning

Tuesday I go off to honeymoon

I'll be back again before it's time for sunnydown

I'll be lazing on a Sunday afternoon

Bicycling on every Wednesday evening

Thursday I go waltzing to the Zoo

I come from London town

I'm just an ordinary guy

Fridays I go painting in the Louvre

I'm bound to be proposing on a Saturday night

There he goes again

I'll be lazing on a Sunday lazing on a Sunday

Lazing on a Sunday afternoon

 
 

I'm In Love With My Car

(Roger Taylor)

The machine of a dream

Such a clean machine

With the pistons a pumpin'

And the hub caps all gleam

When I'm holdin' your wheel

All I hear is your gear

When my hand's on your grease gun

Oh it's like a disease son

I'm in love with my car

Gotta feel for my automobile

Get a grip on my boy racer rollbar

Such a thrill when your radials squeal

Told my girl I'll have to forget her

Rather buy me a new carburetor

So she made tracks sayin'

This is the end now

Cars don't talk back

They're just four wheeled friends now

When I'm holdin your wheel

All I hear is your gear

When I'm cruisin' in overdrive

Don't have to listen to no run of the mill talk jive

I'm in love with my car

Gotta feel for my automobile

I'm in love with my car

String back gloves in my automolove

 
 

You're My Best Friend

(John Deacon)

Ooh you make me live

Whatever this world can give to me

It's you you're all I see

Ooo you make me live now honey

Ooo you make me live

Ooh you're the best friend that I ever had

I've been with you such a long time

You're my sunshine and I want you to know

That my feelings are true

I really love you

Oh you're my best friend

Ooo you make me live

Ooh I've been wandering round

But I still come back to you

In rain or shine

You've stood by me girl

I'm happy at home

You're my best friend

Ooo you make me live

Whenever this world is cruel to me

I got you to help me forgive

Ooo you make me live now honey

Ooo you make me live

You're the first one

When things turn out bad

You know I'll never be lonely

You're my only one

And I love the things

I really love the things that you do

You're my best friend

Ooo you make me live

I'm happy at home

You're my best friend

Oh you're my best friend

Ooo you make me live

You you're my best friend

 
 

'39

(Brian May)

'In the year of thirty-nine'

Assembled here the volunteers

In the days when lands were few

Here the ship sailed out into the blue and sunny morn

The sweetest sight ever seen

And the night followed day

And the story tellers say

That the score brave souls inside

For many a lonely day

Sailed across the milky seas

Never looked back never feared never cried

Don't you hear my call

Though you're many years away

Don't you hear me calling you

Write your letters in the sand

For the day I'll take your hand

In the land that our grand-children knew

'In the year of thirty-nine'

Came a ship from the blue

The volunteers came home that day

And they bring good news

Of a world so newly born

Though their hearts so heavily weigh

For the earth is old and grey

Little darlin' we'll away

But my love this cannot be

Oh so many years have gone

Though I'm older than a year

Your mothers eyes from your eyes cry to me

Don't you hear my call

Though you're many years away

Don't you hear me calling you

Write your letters in the sand

For the day I'll take your hand

In the land that our grand-children knew

Don't you hear my call

Though you're many years away

Don't you hear me calling you

All your letters in the sand

Cannot heal me like your hand

For my life still ahead pity me

 
 

Sweet Lady

(Brian May)

You call me up and treat me like a dog

You call me up and tear me up inside

You've got me on a lead

Ooh you bring me down you shout around

You don't believe that I'm alone

Ooh you don't believe me

Sweet lady sweet lady

Sweet lady stay sweet you say

You call me up and feed me all the lines

You call me sweet like I'm some kind of cheese

Waiting on the shelf

You eat me up you hold me down

I'm just a fool to make you a home

Ooh you really do and you say

Sweet lady sweet lady

Sweet lady ooh c'mon stay sweet

My sweet lady

Though it seems like we wait for ever

Stay sweet baby

Believe and we've got everything we need

Sweet lady sweet lady

Sweet lady stay sweet

Stay sweet sweet lady

Oh runaway come on

Yeah yeah

Yeah yeah

Sweet lady

 
 

Seaside Rendezvous

(Freddie Mercury)

Seaside whenever you stroll along with me

I'm merely contemplating what you feel inside

Meanwhile I ask you to be my Clementine

You say you will if you could but you can't

I love you madly

Let my imagination run away with you gladly

A brand new angle highly commendable

Seaside rendezvous

I feel so romantic can we do it again?

Can we do it again sometime I'd like that

Fantastic c'est la vie mesdames et messieurs

And at the peak of the season

The Mediterranean

This time of year it's so fashionable

I feel like dancing in the rain

Can I have a volunteer?

Just keep right on dancing

What a damn jolly good idea

It's such a jollification as a matter of fact

So 'tres charmant' my dear

Underneath the moonlight

Together we'll sail across the sea

Reminiscing every night

Meantime I ask you to be my Valentine

You say you'd have to tell your daddy if you can

I'll be your Valentino

We'll ride upon an omnibus and then the casino

Get a new facial start a sensational

Seaside rendezvous so adorable

Seaside rendezvous ooh

Seaside rendezvous

Give us a kiss!

 
 

The Prophet's Song

(Brian May)

Oh oh people of the earth

Listen to the warning the seer he said

Beware the storm that gathers here

Listen to the wise man

I dreamed I saw on a moonlit stair

Spreading his hand to the multitude there

A man who cried for a love gone stale

And ice cold hearts of charity bare

I watched as fear took the old man's gaze

Hopes of the young in troubled graves

'I see no day' I heard him say

So grey is the face of every mortal

Oh oh people of the earth!

'Listen to the warning' the prophet he said

For soon the cold of night will fall

Summoned by your own hand

Ah ah children of the land

Quicken to the new life take my hand

Fly and find the new green bough

Return like the white dove

He told of death as a bone white haze

Taking the lost and the unloved babes

Late too late all the wretches run

These kings of beasts now counting their days

From mother's love is the son estranged

Married his own his precious gain

The earth will shake in two will break

And death all round will be your dowry

Oh oh people of the earth

Listen to the warning the seer he said

For those who hear and mark my words

Listen to the good plan

Oh oh oh oh and two by two my human zoo

They'll be running for to come

Running for to come out of the rain

Oh flee for your lives who heed me not

Let all your treasures make you fear for your life

Deceive you not the fires of hell will take you

Should death await you

Ah people can you hear me?

And now I know and now I know

And now I know and now I know

That you can hear me

And now I know and now I know

And now I know now I know

Now I know now I know

Now I know now I know

Now I know

The earth will shake in two will break

Death all around around around around

Around around around around

Now I know now I know

Now I know now I know

Now I know now I know

Now I know now I know

Now I know now I know

Now I know

Wo wo wo wo wo wo wo wo wo

Listen to the wise listen to the wise listen to the wise

Listen to the wise listen to the wise man

La la

La la la la la la

La la la la la la

La la la la la la

La la la la la la

La la la la la la

La la la la la la

La la

La la

La la

Come here I hear you

Come here I hear you

Come here I hear you

Ah ah ah ah ah

Listen to the man listen to the man listen to the man listen to the mad man

God gave you grace to purge this place

And peace all around may be your fortune

Oh oh children of the land

Love is still the answer take my hand

The vision fades a voice I hear

Listen to the madman!

But still I fear and still I dare not

Laugh at the madman!

 
 

Love Of My Life

(Freddie Mercury)

Love of my life you've hurt me

You've broken my heart and now you leave me

Love of my life can't you see

Bring it back bring it back

Don't take it away from me

Because you don't know

What it means to me

Love of my life don't leave me

You've taken my love you now desert me

Love of my life can't you see

Bring it back bring it back

Don't take it away from me

Because you don't know

What it means to me

You will remember

When this is blown over

And everything's all by the way

When I grow older

I will be there at your side to remind you

How I still love you I still love you

Back hurry back

Please bring it back home to me

Because you don't know

What it means to me

Love of my life

Love of my life

Yeah

 
 

Good Company

(Brian May)

Take good care of what you've got

My father said to me

As he puffed his pipe and baby B

He dandled on his knee

Don't fool with fools who'll turn away

Keep all good company oohoo oohoo

Take care of those you call your own and keep good company

Soon I grew and happy too

My very good friends and me

We'd play all day with Sally J

The girl from number four

And very soon I begged her

Won't you keep me company?

Oohoo oohoo oohoo oohoo

Come marry me for evermore

We'll be good company

Now marriage is an institution sure

My wife and I our needs and nothing more

All my friends by a year by and by disappeared

But we're safe enough behind our door

I flourished in my humble trade my reputation grew

The work devoured my waking hours but when my time was through

Reward of all my efforts

My own Limited Company

I hardly noticed Sally as we parted company

All through the years in the end it appears

There was never really anyone but me

Now I'm old I puff my pipe but no one's there to see

I ponder on the lesson of my life's insanity

Take care of those you call your own

And keep good company

 
 

Bohemian Rhapsody

(Freddie Mercury)

Is this the real life

Is this just fantasy

Caught in a landslide

No escape from reality

Open your eyes

Look up to the skies and see

I'm just a poor boy,I need no sympathy

Because I'm easy come,easy go,

A little high,little low,

Anyway the wind blows,doesn't really matter to me,

To me

Mama,just killed a man,

Put a gun against his head,

Pulled my trigger,now he's dead,

Mama,life had just begun,

But now I've gone and thrown it all away

Mama ooo,

Didn't mean to make you cry

If I'm not back again this time tomorrow

Carry on,carry on,as if nothing really matters

Too late,my time has come,

Sends shivers down my spine

Body's aching all the time,

Goodbye everybody-I've got to go

Gotta leave you all behind and face the truth

Mama ooo- (any way the wind blows)

I don't want to die,

I sometimes wish I'd never been born at all

I see a little silhouetto of a man,

Scaramouche,scaramouche will you do the Fandango

Thunderbolt and lightning-very very frightening me

Galileo,Galileo,

Galileo Galileo

Galileo figaro-Magnifico

But I'm just a poor boy and nobody loves me

He's just a poor boy from a poor family

Spare him his life from this monstrosity

Easy come easy go-,will you let me go

Bismillah! No-,we will not let you go-let him go

Bismillah! We will not let you go-let him go

Bismillah! We will not let you go-let me go

Will not let you go-let me go

Will not let you go let me go

No,no,no,no,no,no,no

Mama mia,mama mia,mama mia let me go

Beelzebub has a devil put aside for me,for me,for me

So you think you can stone me and spit in my eye

So you think you can love me and leave me to die

Oh baby-Can't do this to me baby

Just gotta get out-just gotta get right outta here

Nothing really matters,

Anyone can see,

Nothing really matters-,nothing really matters to me,

Any way the wind blows....

 
 

God Save The Queen

(Arranged by Brian May)

 
 
 

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